Fact Check: The Impact of Fossil Fuels on Climate-Related Deaths

Vivek Ramaswamy, a U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party, tweeted that climate disaster death rates have declined by 98% over the last century, but his claim that the average person is 50 times less likely to die of a climate-related cause than in 1920 is mathematically incorrect, as it's approximately 32 times less likely; furthermore, fossil fuel-related deaths have been higher than previously thought, accounting for 18% of global deaths in 2018, though fossil fuel consumption does help grow the economy.